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On Oct 18, 1:52*am, "Capt.Bill" wrote:
On Oct 16, 11:48*pm, Wayne.B wrote:

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:27:37 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

looked great, Wayne.

Looks like you had some good sceney and fun.

what is that metal wreck in this one?

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8...404822amo7.jpg

Wrecked twin engine C-46 aircraft at Norman's Cay, crashed landed in
the water by drug smugglers in 1980.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=19801115-0

Is the small resort on Norman's up and running again?

Capt. Bill

Ah, the "Bermuda Triangle" strikes again!

(Or maybe a heat seeking missle or LAWS rocket)

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Jim wrote:
Wayne, nice pics. One question though. Why did you choose a slow boat as
your mode of transportation. You could have done a low fly by in a plane
*and gotten some great shots out the plane window. ;-)



Wayne.B wrote:
If you can figure out how to get pictures of coral reefs, fish and
caves from a plane window, I'd like to buy that camera. * :-)


No problem. I'll tell the Air Force you're interested in one of their
spy jobs they are decommissioning with budget cuts ;)

I prefer the up-close look myself. No airplane will ever be able to
back up slowly while you're tracking a big lobster!

FB- Doug King

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On Oct 18, 8:06*pm, wrote:
*Jim *wrote:
Wayne, nice pics. One question though. Why did you choose a slow boat as
your mode of transportation. You could have done a low fly by in a plane
*and gotten some great shots out the plane window. ;-)

*Wayne.B *wrote:
If you can figure out how to get pictures of coral reefs, fish and
caves from a plane window, I'd like to buy that camera. * :-)

No problem. I'll tell the Air Force you're interested in one of their
spy jobs they are decommissioning with budget cuts *;)

I prefer the up-close look myself. No airplane will ever be able to
back up slowly while you're tracking a big lobster!

FB- Doug King

That's one of the very reasons that when I fly I always will request a
back seat. I've never heard of a plane backing into a mountain.

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"Tim" wrote in message
...
On Oct 18, 8:06 pm, wrote:
Jim wrote:
Wayne, nice pics. One question though. Why did you choose a slow boat
as
your mode of transportation. You could have done a low fly by in a
plane
and gotten some great shots out the plane window. ;-)

Wayne.B wrote:
If you can figure out how to get pictures of coral reefs, fish and
caves from a plane window, I'd like to buy that camera. :-)

No problem. I'll tell the Air Force you're interested in one of their
spy jobs they are decommissioning with budget cuts ;)

I prefer the up-close look myself. No airplane will ever be able to
back up slowly while you're tracking a big lobster!

FB- Doug King

That's one of the very reasons that when I fly I always will request a
back seat. I've never heard of a plane backing into a mountain.

--------------------------------------------------------------------

Watched most of a documentary show on salvaging a big 747.
Seems that the 'black box' (cockpit voice recorder) is installed near the
tail section because that's where the engineers feel it has the best chance
of surviving.

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"Don White" wrote in message
...


That's one of the very reasons that when I fly I always will request a
back seat. I've never heard of a plane backing into a mountain.


I'm with you there. If my plane crashes into a mountain, I don't want to
miss one second of it.

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On Oct 18, 9:33*am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:52:21 -0700 (PDT), "Capt.Bill"





wrote:
On Oct 16, 11:48*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:27:37 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

looked great, Wayne.

Looks like you had some good sceney and fun.

what is that metal wreck in this one?

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8...404822amo7.jpg

Wrecked twin engine C-46 aircraft at Norman's Cay, crashed landed in
the water by drug smugglers in 1980.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=19801115-0

Is the small resort on Norman's up and running again?

Capt. Bill

There is McDuff's Restaurant/Norman's Cay Beach Club on the west side
near the middle of the air strip:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8246950

We ate at McDuff's twice, once going south and again coming back.
The food is good and they have a few rental beach cottages.

We anchored near here, took the dinghy across to the old dock, and
then walked up the road to the air strip:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/941075- Hide quoted text -

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Yeah, that's it. It was closed for a while.

Capt. Bill

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On Oct 18, 1:28*pm, Tim wrote:
On Oct 18, 1:52*am, "Capt.Bill" wrote:





On Oct 16, 11:48*pm, Wayne.B wrote:

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:27:37 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

looked great, Wayne.

Looks like you had some good sceney and fun.

what is that metal wreck in this one?

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8...404822amo7.jpg

Wrecked twin engine C-46 aircraft at Norman's Cay, crashed landed in
the water by drug smugglers in 1980.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=19801115-0

Is the small resort on Norman's up and running again?

Capt. Bill

Ah, the "Bermuda Triangle" strikes again!

(Or maybe a heat seeking missle or LAWS rocket)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

?

Capt. Bill

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On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:54:24 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:59:42 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

No windshield, let alone radar. V berth, a small
saloon with room for six around a table. Tiny galley, cramped head.

No thanks.

You know the trip under discussion is one of ten hours. How fancy do
you really need it?

Casady

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On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:05:16 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:54:24 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:59:42 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

No windshield, let alone radar. V berth, a small
saloon with room for six around a table. Tiny galley, cramped head.

No thanks.

You know the trip under discussion is one of ten hours. How fancy do
you really need it?


When I'm in port I like all the comforts (and toys) of home. You
really need something like a trawler for that.

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Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:05:16 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:54:24 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:59:42 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

No windshield, let alone radar. V berth, a small
saloon with room for six around a table. Tiny galley, cramped head.
No thanks.
You know the trip under discussion is one of ten hours. How fancy do
you really need it?


When I'm in port I like all the comforts (and toys) of home. You
really need something like a trawler for that.


Or a nice hotel room.